California gun laws are unconstitutional, poorly written and nearly incomprehensible, and as a result they are vulnerable to being overturned through litigation. Some have been, and some are in process, but unfortunately, this takes considerable time.

Many ffls don't understand the laws correctly, and even CA DOJ has been known to give out incorrect information...it's a shameful situation.

Anyway you are generally wanting to do an inter-family transfer, and the best place to find out the details of how to do that legally is here:

Calguns

There is an extensive legal section, and the forum has posters that are attorneys representing law firms that are currently pursuing pro-gun legal cases in CA and nationwide and have won major precedent setting cases in the past.

You can do a search and/or ask your questions there.

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